How to actually enjoy your work 🤪

2023-12-11 · Short · Ali · recording, 0:53 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Productivity and time · mode: Personal story · tags: Feel-Good Productivity thesis

In an extract from his book Feel-Good Productivity, Ali tells how a late-night Post-it reading "What would this look like if it were fun?" became a guiding question of his life, and advises asking it of any task you do not want to do.

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — The Post-it question "What would this look like if it were fun?"

• ★★ In a late-night burst of inspiration Ali wrote nine words on a Post-it note, "What would this look like if it were fun?", and stuck it to his computer monitor. — 00:00:00
• ★ Ali's first answer to the Post-it question was music: memorising tedious biochemistry pathways became more interesting with The Lord of the Rings soundtrack in his headphones. — 00:00:00

• ★★★ Ali says "What would this look like if it were fun?" has become a guiding question of his life: think of a task you don't want to do, ask it, and look for a way to make the draining process more enjoyable. — 00:00:36 · play, power, people

  “ask what would it look like if it were fun?”

Threads in this video

• refine · Should productivity be about efficiency or about enjoying the work? — Ali says "What would this look like if it were fun?" has become a guiding question of his life: think of a task you don't want to do, ask it, and look for a way to make the draining process more enjoyable. (00:00:36)

Mentioned

play, power, people · The Lord of the Rings

Only in the description or credits: Feel-Good Productivity (book)

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